ONE SKEIN of Malabrigo! This is not your ordinary scarf. This is a nice cozy neck warmer. You don’t have to pull it over your head and mess up your hair. Just button it up. The wind, snow and cold can’t find it’s way in because it tucks in under your coat. It is a good pattern to learn right side and wrong side because you have to switch sides in order to get your fold line. It is also a good pattern for beginning knitters to learn YO’s. Practice YO’s going from knit stitches to purl stitches and from purl stitches to knit stitches. No thinking on the buttonholes, just follow the directions.